Single-opening safety-container.



W. ASBURY. smeLE OPENING 34min CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 31, 1906.

Patented Mar. 9., 1909.

w'iLLmM ASBURY, or NEW YORK, N. Y

. SINGLE-QPENING SAFETY-GQNTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March race.

Application filed December 31, 1906. Serial No. 350,268.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,. WILLIAM AssURY, a citizen of Great Britain, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Siligle- Opening Safety-Containers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cans for holding fluids of an inflammable character especially ethyl oxid, or ordinary ether, and its object is to provide a container with a single opening, serving as inlet and outlet, and which is easily manipulated, and at the same time be provided with means for preventing the ingress of flame, as will be further described in the followin claims and shown in the drawings in which:

Fi rel is a side elevation of my improved vesse showing the manner of holding and o crating same. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

ig. 3 is a sectional view of the up er and of the can. Fig. 4 is a plan view 0- the'neck and mouth of the can.

The vessel shown in the drawing is a can of any suitablesize or length and made of any material preferabl sheet metal and having a conical top 5 wit 1 projecting finger-rests or loops 6 secured to its sides and which are for the purpose of more securely grasping the can at its upper end with the fin ers and at the same time to allow another finger to be in position to operate the valve controlling the outlet and inlet otthe fluid for the can. The neck 7 of the can a casting which is secured near the top of the coneshaped upper end and its upper face 8 is at an acute angle to the horizontal lines of the vessel itself. This neck has the usual opening 9 with grooves or assages 10 for the exit of air as the liqui in the. can is poured in through a funnel. The arrangement of the face 8 shown as well as the channels or passages 10, also makes the neck 7, a very convenient spout when liquid is to be poured from the can. t

' Extending backward-from the neck 7 are cars 11, in which is 'ournaled a lever 12 having swiveled at its ront end a valve 13 and on the lever 12 is a thumb screw 15, which is ada ted to form a rest for the valve, and accor mg to its adjustment throws the valve to specification, set forthrin the any desired. angle and changes its relation with the angle of the up er edge of the neck 7. The object of this a justmcnt is to open the valve very slightly so that the li uid in the can may be secured by drops and adjustment of the angle of the valve may de termine the rapidity with which these drops may fall which is very convenient in administering other and certain. other liquids. The -rear 0nd of the lever 12 is in close proX-- imity to one of the loops, 6, so that the fingers of the operator While rasping the can by means of the loops may a so reach the end of the lever and operate; it to open the valve 13. As shown in Fig. 2, the pivot ex tending between the cars 11 and carrying the lever.12 also carries a spring operating to press the valve 13 and the end of the lever with which the valve is connected toward the inlet and outlet.

The interior of the neck is provided with a perforated cylinder 16 which extends to the bottom. of the can and is adapted to exclude Z flame from the interior and at the same time to strain the liquid as it. is poured into the can. V

A can of this construction provides a vessol for containing liquids, which is easily and safely handled, and with which the application of liquids in small quantities is very" easily effected.

It is obvious that various modificz'iticns may be resorted to in the construction of this vessel without departin from the essential features as above described and shown.

What I'claim as new is:

1. In a container, the combination of a tube,.servin as an outlet, a valve adjusted to the top 0% the tube, a spring, and an ad justable rest for the valve to secure adjustmcnt of the opening of the outlet and to regulate the flow of liquid through it, substantially-as described.

2. In a container for liquids, the combination of a neck, serving as a combined inlet and outlet, provided at its upper end with an o cning grooved on its inner surface, a valve a justed to the top of the neck, and a perforated tube adjusted to the lower end. of the neck and extendin into the body n the con taincr, substantial y as described.

3. in a container, the combination of tube provided at its upper end with an i York andbtiitiof Now Yorl; llllfi 2 mi (my of oblique face having an opening grooved on its 1 l.)l.(f(l11l)(l;\. l). 1906. I inner surface, serving; as an inlet and an out- H l 1 UL \q 4 let, and a Volvo adjusted to the top of" tho 5 tube and provided with a lover, spring and Witnesses:

ad'ustable rest, substantially as described. (3. A. O. lioslnir,

bigned at New York in the county of New Cumulus \Y. (imam.

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